New Calling!

I feel like I'm slowly but surely growing older in the ward again. After Jaren and I were married we enjoyed not having a calling for about a month. We are in the ward he grew up in so I think they felt fine about putting us in the nursery assuming since Jaren knows most of the ward, I'd know them too? Maybe that's what they thought? So in the nursery I got to know lots of babies! But not their parents. Then we were called to the primary. We've never had a definite primary calling, really. We were substitutes and taught all ages, then we were teaching Sunbeams. That was fun and funny. The first of this year we were called to be team teachers with an older couple in the ward teaching the oldest primary class the 11 and 12 year olds. We liked that calling because we only had to teach every other Sunday and so I got to go to Relief Society too.

New Calling! Last Sunday we had to meet with one of the counselors and who knows what that could mean. We had heard they were releasing a lot of people from the primary and so we thought we were going to be permanent full time teachers for one of the now empty spots. Hah, nope! Jaren was told first; he was called to be the Young Men's secretary. He's so busy with farming that he thought this wouldn't be so bad. Nothing was said to me for a few minutes so I thought I was home free and wasn't going to have a calling for a little while. Wrong!! I was asked to be the Beehive adviser. I was so excited! I've always wanted to be in the Young Women's cause I'm practically their age. Come to find, this Sunday when they were sustaining me in Church, the 1st counselor said Beehiveadviser, but after the meeting I was informed he was wrong, I'm the Mia Maid adviser! I'm a tid bit nervous because I'm only 7 years their senior. I'm pretty excited too, though. I hope I can make some sort of difference in their lives. I thought in order to celebrate this momentous occasion of finally graduating from Primary, I'd share some pictures when I was a Mia Maid! (Eventually I'll make it to Relief Society)

I think I might have been 16 in this pictures. And those leapord PJ pants were from my mom for Christmas along with matching undies. I was rather impressed and surprised with her present choice.

So I was 16 here on a date for a dance.

All dressed up for that dance.

For our Homecoming week we have dress up days. This was 80's day. Everything I was wearing is my mom's. The pants are "MC Hammer" pants; ya know, the big baggy one's but are super tight at the ankles.
Another dress up day; Husky Pride. This is Kevin's (older brother) football jersey from when the team took state.

I was 15 here and I thougt I was so cool cause my name was Whitney also.

Now that I look at this... why the heck am I sitting on the Sacred Grove sign!!! At least my eyes are closed so I'm kind of trying to be reverent.

At Vicki's wedding; she was so beautiful!! I was 14 a month away from turning 15 here. Lindsey is so little!